Financial intermediation

Legendary investor, founder and CEO of investment firm Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, named the unexpected danger of cash.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Mikhail Delyagin believes that parliamentarians should have a salary in accordance with the national average.

Business losses from the turmoil in Kazakhstan amounted to more than 93.7 billion tenge ($216 million at the National Bank's exchange rate).

Britain and its allies will prepare sanctions to be imposed on the Russian financial sector in the event of a Russian "invasion" of Ukraine.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Ukraine has received € 17 billion in aid from the European Union since 2014.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that in 2022-2024 the Ministry of Finance does not plan to increase the rates of personal income tax (PIT), income tax and value added tax (VAT).

Deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party faction headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, as well as some senators, submitted to the State Duma a bill on the annual pre-New Year's pension payment.

The insurance regulation in Russia now does not have any provisions regarding the vaccination of borrowers. The Central Bank did not receive any appeals on the discrimination against the unvaccinated. 

The United States, within the framework of an international technical assistance project, allocated Ukraine $ 24.5 million to strengthen the borders with Russia and Belarus.

Hong Kong's main stock exchange index Hang Seng (HSI) fell 1.85 per cent (to 22,764 points) in trading on 20 December.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has surpassed 50% in its portfolio of Apple shares.

The US Senate supported an increase in the national debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion to $31.4 trillion.

Banks of Belarus have joined the financial messaging system (FMS) of the Central Bank of Russia.

In 2022, the main trends that may have an impact on the macroeconomics will be the end of the era of free money in the stock markets and the transformation of space into a new "Wild West".

Ark Invest founder Katie Wood has bought about 1.1 million shares of Twitter, company data for Tuesday, 30 November shows.